EMPTY / FULL: More Lessons From Synthetic Cubism (2001)
Author: JEF7REY HILDNER
Keywords: cubism; painting; art; criticism and interpretation; design; analysis and theory; significant space; geometry and form; Picasso; THE ARCHITECT PAINTER PRESS; JEF7REY HILDNER
Year: 2001
Collection: opensource
Description
ESSAY: JEF7REY HILDNER (aka Madison Gray) takes another look at the connections between Synthetic Cubism and architecture.
In 1996, Hildner presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) titled, "Collage Reading: Braque/Picasso." He probed the difference between Picasso's first collage and Braque's first collage (collage forms the basis of Synthetic Cubism) and described how their contrasting principles can help architects make design choices. At the following ACSA annual meeting, 1997, Hildner delivered a paper called, "7 Lessons of Painting for Architecture." He analyzed Juan Gris's 1917 Synthetic Cubist painting "Still Life with Guitar" then explained how the art of painting can help architects develop their visual literacy and design skills. In "Empty/Full," Hildner revisits Synthetic Cubism and throws more light on two core concepts:
1. Synthetic Cubism illustrates this basic principle: form as space-definer versus space-occupier.
2. Viewed abstractly, Synthetic Cubist paintings represent an architectural world--a world of plans and sections, walls and windows, forms and spaces ... dwellings and landscapes.
Links: "Collage Reading: Braque/Picasso," Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Proceedings 84: 1996, pp. 181-87, http://www.thearchitectpainter.com/surface_7ARCHITECT/articles/collagereading.htm + "7 Lessons of Painting for Architecture," Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Proceedings 85: 1997, pp. 262-69, http://www.thearchitectpainter.com/surface_7ARCHITECT/articles/7lessons.htm
JEF7REY HILDNER is an architect, painter, and writer. His work has appeared in many publications, including Global Architecture Houses, Architectural Record, ANY, Oz, ARTnews, and the refereed Journal of Architectural Education. As an educator, he received the national award for teaching excellence from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. His project Dante|Telescope House won the Blue Ribbon Award for Design Excellence from the New Jersey chapter of The American Institute of Architects. HILDNER earned his A.B. and M.Arch. from Princeton University. He founded The Architect Painter Press in 2005. Contact: press@thearchitectpainter.com.
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